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electronic state

An arrangement allowed by the laws of quantum mechanics of electrons within an atom, molecule (or system of molecules).
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PAC, 1999, 71, 1919 (Glossary of terms used in theoretical organic chemistry) on page 1937
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. doi:10.1351/goldbook.
Last update: 2012-08-19; version: 2.3.2.
DOI of this term: doi:10.1351/goldbook.ET07026.
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